Improvement in seeding-machine



@that .t-atte' rIFIOMAS M. CORBETT, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELE AND JOHN I. HERRICK, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 93,969, dated August 24, 1869.

IMPIROV'IIMIHNT IN SEEDING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in'these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. OORBETT, ofthe c'ty and county of Milwaukee, and State of Visconsin, have invented a new and useful- Improvement in Feeders for Seeding-ll/Iachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art te make and use the san'ie, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side vi'ew of my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view ofthe saine.

Similar letters of reference in each of the figures iudieate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to produce an easy and convenient way by which the seed shall be fed out of a seeding-machine.

A the shaft.

B is the fixed part of the clutch, which may be of plain, smooth surfaces, or of projections, or of recesses adapted to the other part of the clutch.

U is the loose palt of the clutch and pulley (or wheel) with which motion is received fromthe driv` ing-power, and given to the shaft A.

D is a' nut (or its substitute) on the end of shaft A. E is a shoulder on shaft A. F is a conveyer or feeder of the seed. l G is a screw which fastens the shoulder E to the shaft A.

H is a screw o'n the end of shaft A, which the nut D moves on.

I is the ii'anevhiehholds the Works. This apparatus is for the purpose .of coupling the feeding-works to the driving-power of the seeding-machine, so that it may operate or not, as circumstances may require.

When itis desired to put the feeding-works intoA 1. A feeding-apparatus, consisting of shaft A, fixed l part of clutch B, loosepart of clutch C, and feeder or 'couveyer F, constructed substantially as described.

2. A, B, C, D, and F, arranged substantially as described.

THOS. M. CORBETT,

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, J. I. HERRICK. 

